Call me cynical, but... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

01-07-2003, 02:24 AM

okay, I must admit that I held out for what I thought would be a "special edition" dvd for the FOTR... Consider that filming/editing/researching all that the dvd covers took a long time and I'm sure New Line didn't want to wait for PJ and the crew to complete it before selling the movie...try to think of it as a bonus and not as an evil ploy to get more money from you. I work in post production and everything takes 3 times longer than expected. I can't imagine the clearance route on this one...whoa. Daunting. Do this...just sell your original dvd on ebay and/or trade it in for the upgrade. Also, as a side note...I don't particularily see these films as "commercial". "Maid in Manhattan" commercial, "Scream 3" commercial...a movie about beloved hobbits, wizards, elves, demons and talking trees??? Not so commercial. The reason why these movies are so popular is because there is such a fan base for the literature. Plus, all of us hard core freaks are going back and paying $10 each time to see the movie over and over again. And, of course there is word of mouth (i.e. getting our "Catch Me If You Can" friends out to see the move that we love so much). Finally, there is the writing...I have NEVER read anything so mezmorizing and exciting. Everything starts with a good script...JRRT wrote amazing books and PJ (& crew) have created epic and exciting movies...bravo!!!

01-07-2003, 02:24 AM	#1
hollyann Guest Posts: n/a	okay, I must admit that I held out for what I thought would be a "special edition" dvd for the FOTR... Consider that filming/editing/researching all that the dvd covers took a long time and I'm sure New Line didn't want to wait for PJ and the crew to complete it before selling the movie...try to think of it as a bonus and not as an evil ploy to get more money from you. I work in post production and everything takes 3 times longer than expected. I can't imagine the clearance route on this one...whoa. Daunting. Do this...just sell your original dvd on ebay and/or trade it in for the upgrade. Also, as a side note...I don't particularily see these films as "commercial". "Maid in Manhattan" commercial, "Scream 3" commercial...a movie about beloved hobbits, wizards, elves, demons and talking trees??? Not so commercial. The reason why these movies are so popular is because there is such a fan base for the literature. Plus, all of us hard core freaks are going back and paying $10 each time to see the movie over and over again. And, of course there is word of mouth (i.e. getting our "Catch Me If You Can" friends out to see the move that we love so much). Finally, there is the writing...I have NEVER read anything so mezmorizing and exciting. Everything starts with a good script...JRRT wrote amazing books and PJ (& crew) have created epic and exciting movies...bravo!!!